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pounds; of structural steel and iron, 49,009 tons; 

 of wire, 215,194,475 pounds; of car wheels, 23,933 

 in number; of fire engines, 4; of locomotive en- 

 gines, 517; of stationary engines, 605; of safes, 

 2,257; of cut nails, 32,869,265 pounds; of nails, 

 55,813,055 pounds. 



L. The export of sole leather, 37.120,912 

 pounds, was equal to the average in quantity and 

 value; that of upper and other leather, especially 

 splits, has largely increased. Of boots and shoes, 

 1,934,277 pairs were exported, compared with 

 587,108 pairs in 1890. The value of leather exports 

 was $23,460,985, grown from $12.438,847 in 1890. 

 The export of lime was 73,385 barrels. 



N. The exports of naval stores in 1899 were 

 $9,982,955 in value, consisting of 2,503,229 barrels 

 of rosin, 36,903 barrels of tar, 22,945 barrels of 

 turpentine, and 17,761,533 gallons of spirits of 

 turpentine. Of nickel and nickel oxide, 4,907,722 

 pounds were exported. 



O. The export of oil cake from cotton seed was 

 1,079,993,479 pounds, having more than doubled 

 in four years, \vhile that of flaxseed oil cake 

 shows a great falling off, being only 87,177.390 

 pounds. The exports of animal oils consisted of 

 917,007 gallons of lard oil, 79,767 gallons of whale 

 oil, 946,358 gallons of fish oil, and 166.372 gallons 

 of other oils. The vegetable oils, having a total 

 value of $13,809,335, consisted mainly of 2,360.623 

 gallons of corn oil, 50,627,219 gallons of cotton- 

 seed oil, 107,000 gallons of linseed oil, and 117,462 

 pounds of oil of peppermint. The value of the 

 coal oil exports was $56,273,168, the export of 

 illuminating oil being 722,279,480 gallons: naph- 

 thas, 16,252,785 gallons; crude oil, 113.088.000 

 gallons; lubricating oil and heavy paraffin oil, 

 67,424,393 gallons; residuum, 730,214 barrels. The 

 export of oxide of zinc was 9,719,741 pounds. 



P. The total value of provisions in 181)9 was 

 $175,508,608, the highest figure yet attained. 

 The quantity exported of canned beef was 38,- 

 385,472 pounds; of fresh beef, 282,139,974 pounds; 

 of salt and pickled beef, 46,564,876 pounds; of 

 other cured beef, 1,579,313 pounds; of tallow, 

 107,361,009 pounds; of bacon, 562,651,480 pounds; 

 of hams, 225,846,750 pounds; of fresh pork, 41,- 

 310,364 pounds; of salt or pickled pork, 137,1 97, 200 

 pounds; of lard, 211,259,851 pounds; of lard com- 

 pounds and substitutes, such as cottolene and 

 lardine, 22,144,717 pounds; of mutton, 379,110 

 pounds; of oleomargarine oil, 142,390,492 pounds; 

 of imitation butter, 5,549,322 pounds; of butter, 

 20,247,997 pounds; of cheese, 78,198,753 pounds. 

 The quicksilver exported was 1,123,471 pounds. 

 Of rice, 852,704 pounds only were exported ; of rice 

 bran, meal, and polish, 14,481,985 pounds. Ship- 

 ments of printing paper amounted to 98,154,644 

 pounds, the value of paper exports being $5,477,- 

 884, twice what it was three years before. The 

 exports of paraffin and paraffin wax show steady 

 increase, amounting in 1899 to 174,844,701 pounds. 



S. The export of salt was 25,256,634 pounds. 

 The seed exports were $5,079,396 in value, com- 

 prising 19,982,234 pounds of clover seed, 34,443 806 

 pounds of cotton seed, 2,830,991 bushels of flax- 

 seed, 16,149,611 pounds of timothy seed. Of 

 soap, other than toilet soap, 32,529,003 pounds 

 went abroad. The export of spermaceti and wax 

 was 214,443 pounds. Exports of American spirits 

 consisted largely of alcohol and neutral and co- 

 logne spirits, of which 1,476,028 gallons, proof, 

 were shipped, while of Bourbon whisky the quan- 

 tity was 224,918 gallons; of rye whisky, 99,884 

 gallons; of brandy, 20,994 gallons; of rum, 850,719 

 gallons; of wood spirit, 727,062 gallons. The ex- 

 port of starch was 110,193,776 pounds; of stearin, 

 1,174,167 pounds. Sugar exports were of the 



value of $2,053.888, comprising 5,682,080 gallons 

 of molasses, 10,070,650 gallons of sirup, and 

 9,4(52,228 pounds of refined sugar. 



T. The tobacco exports had a total value of 

 $30,646,216, consisting of 272,421,295 pounds of 

 leaf tobacco, 11,191,827 pounds of stems and trim- 

 mings, 3,732 thousands of cigars, 1,169,467 thou- 

 sands of cigarettes, 8,999,945 pounds of plug to- 

 bacco, and snuff and other manufactures of to- 

 bacco in smaller quantities. The total value of 

 timber, lumber, and wood manufactures \\;is 

 $41,489,52(5. Of sawed timber there were 400. US 

 thousand feet shipped; of hewed timber, 4,790,058 

 cubic feet; of boards, deals, and planks, 970.170 

 thousand feet; of joists and scantlings, 34.JMI 

 thousand feet: of shingles, 73,791 thousand: of 

 staves, 44,382,689; of wood pulp, 55,932.270 

 pounds. 



V. There were 436,817 gallons of varnish ex- 

 ported. The vegetable exports had a valm- of 

 $2,799,400, comprising 883.201 bushels of bcm- 

 and peas, 16-1,902 bushels of onions, 579,833 Imp- 

 els of potatoes, and canned vegetables, pickles, 

 sauces, etc. 



W. Of whalebone the export was 144. Jv! 

 pounds. The wine exports were 10,973 dozen bot- 

 tles and 1,498,078 gallons in casks and other 

 coverings. The export of raw wool \\a^ 1 .<is;;. j m 

 pounds; of carpets. 107.779 yards; of <h 

 27,657 yards; the total value of wool numuhir- 

 tures being $1,047,407. The export of zinc ore was 

 15.489 tons; of zinc in pigs, bars, plates, and 

 sheets, 18,321,375 pounds. 



The merchandise imports from the various for- 

 eign countries in 1899 had the following values: 



